PIPE TOMAHAWK OWNED BY TETON SIOUX WARRIOR

PIPE TOMAHAWK OWNED BY TETON SIOUX WARRIOR

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Pictured on page 206 of “The Fur Trade”, author Milton von Damm details tomahawk: “This pipe tomahawk was owned by a Teton Sioux warrior. The forged head features a heart shape cut out and seven copper rivet decorations in the blade. The original handle is decorated with tacks and file burns. A leather sleeve decorates the handle and the pipe mouth piece is bone. It is an excellent piece with good balance and a documented family history that includes being present at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Also included is a small beaded drop made by the original owner’s grandmother and a hand designed Christmas greeting from the descendent family member to Ed Greene, to whom the tomahawk was gifted by his widow of the “He Broke His Brother’s Rope” or Broken Rope family. According to Ed’s account, the warrior’s father killed a man in a leather coat during the battle but it is not known if this tomahawk was used in the fray.

The weapon is twenty inches long with a head that is eight and three quarters of an inch high and three and one quarter inches wide at the blade’s edge.

PROVENANCE: purchased from Ed Greene and presently from The Lifelong Collection of author Milton von Damm.